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Sep 24, 2006 - Do We Need a Federal Office for Integrated Health Care? Take 2 Minutes for a New Vote on a Key Issue: Do We Need a Federal Office for Integrated Health Care? More…

Jul 26, 2006 - AMA Resolution Urges that MDs/Students Receive Info CAM Benefits and Risks: The Student Section of the AMA sponsored Resolution 306, urging the AMA to support more education on the "benefits, risks and safety" of CAM, in both medical schools and through continuing medical education. The AMA's House of Delegates removed some of the resolution's stronger language and adopted the position as policy. By John Weeks More…

Jul 8, 2006 - Pew Commission's Strategy Suggested for CAM-IM Turf Battles -Written by John Weeks A scope/standards issue between the AOM and chiropractic professions (see related IBN&R article) has led to a suggestion that the mid-1990s recommendations of the Pew Commission be used as guidance to break the wasteful energies of old, inter-disciplinary behaviors. This article looks at a few of those recommendations, and some commentary from a CAM-IM leader who was involved in that work. By John Weeks More…

Jul 5, 2006 - AAOM Challenges Chiropractic's Standard on 300 Hour Acupuncture Certification Amidst allied health and CAM discipline organizing against the AMA's campaign to restrict scope expansions of others, a national acupuncture and Oriental medicine organization fires a salvo across the CAM bow at the chiropractic profession's 300 hour acupuncture certification program. The focus is on respecting educational standards which can be the basis of competencies. Is there a way for CAM professions to resolve these differences without battling state-by-state? By John Weeks More…